This Proba-V image shows the immense, natural power of the 'eye of Quebec', a ring-shaped lake in Canada. It was formed in one of the world's largest meteor impact craters (originally 100km in diameter), over 200 million years ago.

22 September 2017

20 September 2017

Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission on 12 July 2017, a lump of ice more than twice the size of Luxembourg broke off the Larsen C ice shelf, spawning one of the largest icebergs on record and changing the outline of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.

Lake Amadeus (east) and Lake Neale, shown in this Proba-V 100m image - acquired on 09 February 2017, are dry salt pans for most of the year. With over 1,000 square kilometres of surface area, Lake Amadeus is the largest salt lake in the Northern Territories.

The Earth Watching project is an ESA/ESRIN service to help local authorities and to promote the benefits of remote sensing data during emergencies, sending images and articles to newspapers, magazines and TV stations.

The Earth Watching website features not only imagery of natural disasters, but also promotes various satellite remote sensing applications through images and articles. Some examples are shown in the special events part of the website.